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thought of the Salvation of fo many Americans, to 

 whom in all probability theGofpel was never preach'd 

 You may very well believe, that I made no fcruple 

 to condemn them by wholefale to Eternal Fire, 

 which he took very ill. € How can you, faid he, 

 € condemn thefe poor People with fo much affu- 

 c ranee: Tis probable that their firft Father, having 



* never finn'd as our Adam did, had a good Soul, 

 c and an upright Heart, fince his Pofterity do ex- 

 € a&ly obferve the Law of natural Equity, which is 

 c 6xprefs ? d in Latine in thefe well known words, 

 s Alteri ne feceris quod tibi fieri non <vis ; and allow no 



* property of Goods, nor any Diftindion or Sub- 

 ' ordination among them, but live as Brethren, with- 

 6 out Difputes, without Suits, without Laws, and 

 f without Malice. But fuppofing, added he, that 



* they were originally defcended from Adam, we 



* ought not to believe, that they are damned for their 

 c ignorance of the Chriftian Do&rine, for who can 



* tell btn God may impute to them the Merits of 



* Chrifl's Blood, by ways fecret and incomprehen- 

 c fible to us j and befides, ( fuppofing that Man has 



* a Free Will) his Divine Majefty without doubt 

 ' will have a greater regard to his moral AcftionSj 

 ' than to his Worfhip and Belief. The want of 

 ' Knowledge, continued he, is an Unhappinefs, but 



* not a Crime, and who can tell but God has a mind 

 1 to be honour'd by infinite ways of paying him 

 € Homage and Refped, as by Sacrifices, Dances, 

 ( Songs, and the other Ceremonies of the Americans ? 

 He had fcarce made an end of his Difcourfe, when 

 I fell foul upon him with all my might, as to the 

 preceding Points ; but after I had given him to un- 

 derhand, that if among the multi vocati, u e. thofe 

 who profefs the true Religion, who are but a hand- 

 ful of Men, there are found but Fauci ekcii, all the 

 Americans muft be in a very deplorable condition : 

 Be anfwer'd me impudently, that I was very ra/h 



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